After signing a three-year contract back in October last year Lamine Yamal saw his salary bumped up from €800.000 per year to €1.6 million per year per Capology.

Thus Lamine earns a gross salary of €32.000 per week at Barca. When taxes are deducted Lamine goes home with €15.000 per week playing the beautiful game.

But if we to put it in perspective Nico Williams earns €200.000 per week at Athletic Bilbao. That almost 10 times more than Lamine.

It makes it easy to see why bringing Nico to Barca remains complicated. If Barca are to place Nico on the same salary he earns at Bilbao what happens to Lamine then.

Lamine current deal ends in 2026 but it be foolhardy to wait until it gets to that point before offering him a new deal. Barca claims they rejected a €250m offer for the player it only wise to pay him accordingly to avoid losing him in the future.